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Its time for another episode, but with a slightly different format.  This week we bring in James Knapp, author of State of Decay and other novels, to talk with us about his books and zombies.  Feel free to tune in and enjoy the discussion.

Thanks for listening!

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I cant remember where I got the link to this thread at SFFWorld, but the second I saw it, I knew I had to talk about it here.  The thread was started by a user named Rilzik, who asked a very peculiar, but interesting question about the Harry Potter series.  Specifically, he or she asked:

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Ive nothing against James Long, author of Speculative Horizons--one of the good SF/F blogs out there.  His blog has been in my Google Reader for almost a year now and Ive enjoyed many of his thoughtful posts.  But it appears Read more]

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Yeah, thats right.  Im that guy.  The guy who arranged an interview with an awesome author of an awesome book, who participated in an awesome interview with said author, and then said goodnight.  The problem?  The recorder wasnt on.  Yup.  It would be fair to see that Im feeling like a bloody moron right now, because thats an awful reason for screwing things up.  Its one thing for software to malfunction, but... - [Read more]

Another episode is up, folks!  If you like the show, let us know.  Episode 25 is all about the crazy things happening in the world (some of them, anyway).  So tune in and enjoy.

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I told you Id have another poll soon enough.  Since this poll is in connection with the poll we will be running tomorrow on the website for The Skiffy and Fanty Show, your answers will actually be both informative and helpful.  And all you have to do is click your mouse a couple of times (or type a short comment).

The poll question is:  what is a good length for a weekly podcast?

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An amusing discussion took place last week in one of my classes (the SF/utopia one).  We were talking about Tom Moylans Scrapes of Untainted Sky and Luckhursts Science Fiction and how Luckhursts one-page claim about the awful practice of canon production in key theoretical texts (Suvins Metamorphoses of Science Fiction, Carl Freedmans Critical Theory and Science Fiction, and Moylans book) sets itself up as a contradiction.  For Luckhurst (and... - [Read more]

One of my colleagues recently asked me what I thought about the academic texts on science fiction we had been reading over the semester.  Specifically, she was curious about my opinion on the inside and the outside, and who, more or less, has the "right" to comment upon the genre.  Before I get into that, I need to explain what I mean by the inside and the outside.

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And were talking about bad genre movies again.  This time we take on the 2004 horror flick, Creep.  You can check out the episode here (stream and download).

Oh, and our question of the week is:  what is your favorite zombie movie and why?  So dont forget to leave your answer over at our podcast site.

Until next week!

Another poll down, and the results are rather interesting:

• 18.75% of you said "yes."
• 43.75% of you said "sometimes."
• 37.5% of you said "no."

SF Signal recently posted a little meme about eBooks, and Ive obviously decided to drag it over here for your entertainment.  Obviously, Im not much of an eBook hater anymore, since I own a Barnes & Noble Nook, but there are still things I dont like about eBooks, thus giving me some right to... - [Read more]

Now to continue from where I left off in the post you can find here (based on this post by Joseph Robert Lewis).

I suppose we have to get used to people saying really idiotic things about science fiction.  Whether its some blogger telling us that science fiction is dead (again) or a non-reader telling us that science fiction isnt literature, there seems to always be someone saying something wrong about the genre.  This, however, is a new kind of wrong.  Blogger and self-published writer Joseph Robert Lewis... - [Read more]

Jen is back and the podcast has found itself truncated by a good fifteen minutes!  This week we talk about the upcoming Silent Hill sequel, a really bad movie idea, the military and its love affair with Batman, and possibly one of the stupidest plagiarists in history.

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